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Featured Athlete of the Week: Spencer Rhine, Greencastle
Spencer Rhine is a Greencastle senior football player who anchored the Tiger Cubs’ offensive line last fall, and is a thrower this spring for the track team.
Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you and what have you learned from them?
Spencer Rhine: “In football, it basically teaches everything you need to know about life. Our coaches hit on how football teaches you how to face adversity. It’s important to know how to keep going and get through tough times. Track is always about the little things. It doesn’t matter how strong you are, but it’s all about technique. If you can deal with adversity and deal with the little things, you can do well in life. “
BG: What else do you do besides schoolwork and sports?
SR: “That’s a big part of it, but I like to hang out with my friends and my girlfriend. I work at GNC, and I also detail cars on the side. I watch ‘The Office’ on repeats. I love that show. I pretty much binge-watch Netflix when I get the chance.”
BG: Do you have a favorite or least favorite food?
SR: “I hate spaghetti and any pasta, which is weird because people think we carb-load in football. I’m not sure why; it must be the texture. A good marinated steak is my favorite. Can’t go wrong with that.”
BG: What is something you would like to do someday that you have never done before?
SR: “I would like to buy property in Beliz, because it’s cheap, and flip it. I want to do something from the ground up. That would be a good way to make some money.”
BG: Have any certain teachers or classes helped you the most at Greencastle?
SR: “Coach [Mike] Meyer has really helped me a lot, both in class and in football. He’s rough on people, but I feel like he’s a realist. People come in and don’t do their work and expect to pass somehow, but he knows how to push people and make them work harder. I like how he does that.”
BG: What are your college plans?
SR: “I have signed to play football at Wabash, and I’m going to major in rhetoric. I was one of the last people to apply to Wabash, but being an athlete helped me with my admission there. I know how the world is going to be, it’s not going to be hard and you have to push through.”
BG: Is it good or bad that Wabash is an all-male school?
SR: “I think it’s a good thing. There will be fewer distractions. Some of my friends, like Elijah Williams, heckle me about it a lot. Most of my time will be spent studying.”